“You use Git to take snapshots of all the files in a folder.”
07 Jan 2021
“You use Git to take snapshots of all the files in a folder.”
push to send the snapshots onlinepull to retrieve an updated snapshotgit!
gitgit --version in your terminalsudo apt install git-all in your terminalNote that you may need admin rights on your computer, without these you’ll need to request an install.
GitHub offers a range of account types. A free account is available for organisations and individuals.
Even if you’re in an institution, create a personal GitHub account to keep track of you own work.
You’ll find more information, and links for creating an account, here.
Follow the instructions here to create your first repository
Some key files to include:
README - ideally format this as a markdown md file (more info here and here)
LICENSE - how you want people to re-use your code (info)
.gitignore - names of any files in your project you don’t want on GitHub (templates)